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... Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-31 5.4.3 Intel® RAID configurations 5-31 5.4.4 JMicron® RAID Configuration 5-39 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-47 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 5-47 5.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-47 Chapter 6: ATI® CrossFire™ technology support 6.1 Overview 6-1 6.1.1 Requirements 6-1 6.1.2 Before you begin 6-1 6.2 Installing CrossFire™ graphics cards 6-2 6.3 Software information 6-5 6.3.1 Installing the device drivers 6-5 6.3.2 Using the Catalyst™ Control Center 6-7 Appendix: CPU...
... Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-31 5.4.3 Intel® RAID configurations 5-31 5.4.4 JMicron® RAID Configuration 5-39 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-47 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 5-47 5.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-47 Chapter 6: ATI® CrossFire™ technology support 6.1 Overview 6-1 6.1.1 Requirements 6-1 6.1.2 Before you begin 6-1 6.2 Installing CrossFire™ graphics cards 6-2 6.3 Software information 6-5 6.3.1 Installing the device drivers 6-5 6.3.2 Using the Catalyst™ Control Center 6-7 Appendix: CPU...
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.... The JMicron controller provides another two Serial ATA connectors for high-speed data retrieval and saves. WiFi-AP Solo can use Skype from WAN to LAN without converting to analog format and keeps the best signal quality. Users will save the extra WiFi-AP cost. ASUS P5K3 Premium 1- Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced...
.... The JMicron controller provides another two Serial ATA connectors for high-speed data retrieval and saves. WiFi-AP Solo can use Skype from WAN to LAN without converting to analog format and keeps the best signal quality. Users will save the extra WiFi-AP cost. ASUS P5K3 Premium 1- Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced...
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... and 5-23 for users to the heatsink near the back IO ports, where it provides options for details. Fanless Design - The motherboard uses a special design on this motherboard is a fan-less and zero-noise cooling solution that the groundbreaking fanless design does not have lifetime problems as a chipset fan does. ASUS P5K3 Premium 1- New Generation 8-Phase Power Design The ASUS 8-Phase Power Design provides highly efficient operation to...
... and 5-23 for users to the heatsink near the back IO ports, where it provides options for details. Fanless Design - The motherboard uses a special design on this motherboard is a fan-less and zero-noise cooling solution that the groundbreaking fanless design does not have lifetime problems as a chipset fan does. ASUS P5K3 Premium 1- New Generation 8-Phase Power Design The ASUS 8-Phase Power Design provides highly efficient operation to...
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... use a power supply unit (PSU) that the Front Panel Type item in the BIOS is inadequate. • The ATX 12 V Specification 2.0-compliant (400W) PSU has been tested to support the motherboard power requirements with the following configuration: CPU: Intel® Pentium® Extreme 3.73GHz Memory: 512 MB DDR2 (x4) Graphics card: ASUS EAX1900XT Parallel ATA device: IDE hard disk drive Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drive: DVD-RW • If you want to use two high-end PCI Express x16 cards, use...
... use a power supply unit (PSU) that the Front Panel Type item in the BIOS is inadequate. • The ATX 12 V Specification 2.0-compliant (400W) PSU has been tested to support the motherboard power requirements with the following configuration: CPU: Intel® Pentium® Extreme 3.73GHz Memory: 512 MB DDR2 (x4) Graphics card: ASUS EAX1900XT Parallel ATA device: IDE hard disk drive Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drive: DVD-RW • If you want to use two high-end PCI Express x16 cards, use...
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... ASUS P5K3 Premium 4- Place the support DVD in Windows® environment.) 2. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The Drivers menu appears. 2. 4.1 Managing and updating your system. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in the optical drive. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk) 4. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX. 3. The ASUS Update utility allows you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. 1. Installing ASUS...
... ASUS P5K3 Premium 4- Place the support DVD in Windows® environment.) 2. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The Drivers menu appears. 2. 4.1 Managing and updating your system. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in the optical drive. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk) 4. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX. 3. The ASUS Update utility allows you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. 1. Installing ASUS...
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...boot failure! Recovering the BIOS from the USB flash disk To recover the BIOS from the support DVD: 1. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the DVD for floppy... Floppy found , the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file. 4. Reading file "P5K3P.ROM". The utility will automatically checks the devices for floppy... Insert the motherboard support DVD to the USB port. 2. Checking for the BIOS file. Insert the USB flash disk that contains BIOS file to the optical drive. 3. Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS...
...boot failure! Recovering the BIOS from the USB flash disk To recover the BIOS from the support DVD: 1. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the DVD for floppy... Floppy found , the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file. 4. Reading file "P5K3P.ROM". The utility will automatically checks the devices for floppy... Insert the motherboard support DVD to the USB port. 2. Checking for the BIOS file. Insert the USB flash disk that contains BIOS file to the optical drive. 3. Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS...
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... are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive. These items show N/A if no IDE device is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive. Type [Auto] Selects the type of Serial ATA devices. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is installed in the system. When set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY SATA 1 Device : Hard Disk Vendor : WDC WD800JD-00LSA0 Size : 80.0GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode...
... are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive. These items show N/A if no IDE device is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive. Type [Auto] Selects the type of Serial ATA devices. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is installed in the system. When set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY SATA 1 Device : Hard Disk Vendor : WDC WD800JD-00LSA0 Size : 80.0GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode...
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..., keep the default setting [IDE]. If you to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as [IDE] Sets the configuration for the SATA devices installed in this item to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. Configuration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2] [UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5] SMART Monitoring [Auto] Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to [AHCI...
..., keep the default setting [IDE]. If you to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as [IDE] Sets the configuration for the SATA devices installed in this item to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. Configuration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2] [UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5] SMART Monitoring [Auto] Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to [AHCI...
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Selct either one of CPU overclocking options to individually set overclocking parameters. The ASUS Non-delay Overclocking System feature intelligently determines the system load and automatically boosts the performance for the system. 4.4 Advanced menu The Advanced menu items allow you to achieve desired CPU internal frequency. Main Advanced Power Jumperfree Configuration USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Tools Exit CPU Configuration Chipset Onboard Devices Configuration PCIPnP Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to change the settings for the system. If the ...
Selct either one of CPU overclocking options to individually set overclocking parameters. The ASUS Non-delay Overclocking System feature intelligently determines the system load and automatically boosts the performance for the system. 4.4 Advanced menu The Advanced menu items allow you to achieve desired CPU internal frequency. Main Advanced Power Jumperfree Configuration USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Tools Exit CPU Configuration Chipset Onboard Devices Configuration PCIPnP Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to change the settings for the system. If the ...
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...change the advanced chipset settings. North Bridge Configuration North Bridge Chipset Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY North Bridge Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature Initiate Graphic Adapter PEG Port Control PEG Port Force x1 ASUS C.G.I. Setting this option only when you install 64bit operating system. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PECI [Enabled] Allows you to display the sub-menu. Select an item then press to enable or disable the PECI interface. Execute Disable Bit [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the remapping of the overlapped PCI...
...change the advanced chipset settings. North Bridge Configuration North Bridge Chipset Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY North Bridge Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature Initiate Graphic Adapter PEG Port Control PEG Port Force x1 ASUS C.G.I. Setting this option only when you install 64bit operating system. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PECI [Enabled] Allows you to display the sub-menu. Select an item then press to enable or disable the PECI interface. Execute Disable Bit [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the remapping of the overlapped PCI...
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... you to set PEG Port Control to enable or disable the ASUS Cross Graphics Impeller function. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Front Panel Support Type [HD Audio] Allows you to [Auto] PEG Port Force x1 [Disabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS C.G.I. Configuratiton options: [Auto] [Enabled] [Disabled] 4.4.5 OnBoard Devices Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Onboard Device Configuration High Definition Audio Front Panel Type J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller Controller Mode Realtek GigaBit LAN LAN Boot ROM Marvell GigaBit LAN LAN Boot ROM Realtek...
... you to set PEG Port Control to enable or disable the ASUS Cross Graphics Impeller function. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Front Panel Support Type [HD Audio] Allows you to [Auto] PEG Port Force x1 [Disabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS C.G.I. Configuratiton options: [Auto] [Enabled] [Disabled] 4.4.5 OnBoard Devices Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Onboard Device Configuration High Definition Audio Front Panel Type J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller Controller Mode Realtek GigaBit LAN LAN Boot ROM Marvell GigaBit LAN LAN Boot ROM Realtek...
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... ACPI 2.0 specifications. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4-26 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [S1 (POS) only] [S3 only] [Auto] 4.5.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume [Disabled] Determines whether to [Enabled], the ACPI APIC table pointer is included in the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC). Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power Boot Tools Exit Suspend Mode Repost Video on S3/STR resume. When set to invoke VGA BIOS POST on S3 Resume ACPI 2.0 Support ACPI APIC Support [Auto] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] Select the ACPI state used for...
... ACPI 2.0 specifications. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4-26 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [S1 (POS) only] [S3 only] [Auto] 4.5.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume [Disabled] Determines whether to [Enabled], the ACPI APIC table pointer is included in the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC). Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power Boot Tools Exit Suspend Mode Repost Video on S3/STR resume. When set to invoke VGA BIOS POST on S3 Resume ACPI 2.0 Support ACPI APIC Support [Auto] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] Select the ACPI state used for...
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... Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password to disabled password. The Supervisor Password item on how to erase the RTC RAM. To set or change the supervisor password. From the password box, type a password composed of the screen shows the default Not Installed. The message "Password Uninstalled" appears. See section 2.6 Jumper for information on top of at least six letters and/or numbers, then press . 3. Select Screen Select Item Enter Change...
... Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password to disabled password. The Supervisor Password item on how to erase the RTC RAM. To set or change the supervisor password. From the password box, type a password composed of the screen shows the default Not Installed. The message "Password Uninstalled" appears. See section 2.6 Jumper for information on top of at least six letters and/or numbers, then press . 3. Select Screen Select Item Enter Change...
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... driver. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the USB 2.0 driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support 5.2.2 Drivers menu The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. JMicron JMB36X RAID Controller Driver Installs the JMicron® JMB36X Serial ATA RAID controller driver. Realtek RTL8110SC LAN Driver Installs the Realtek RTL8110SC LAN driver. Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset Inf update program. SoundMAX ADI1988 Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI1988 audio...
... driver. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the USB 2.0 driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support 5.2.2 Drivers menu The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. JMicron JMB36X RAID Controller Driver Installs the JMicron® JMB36X Serial ATA RAID controller driver. Realtek RTL8110SC LAN Driver Installs the Realtek RTL8110SC LAN driver. Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset Inf update program. SoundMAX ADI1988 Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI1988 audio...
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Simply follow succeeding screen instructions and begin enjoying High Definition Audio. 5-26 Chapter 5: Software support Audio Setup Wizard By clicking the icon from the SoundMAX® control panel, you can easily configure your audio settings. From the taskbar, double-click on the SoundMAX® icon to display the SoundMAX® Control Panel.
Simply follow succeeding screen instructions and begin enjoying High Definition Audio. 5-26 Chapter 5: Software support Audio Setup Wizard By clicking the icon from the SoundMAX® control panel, you can easily configure your audio settings. From the taskbar, double-click on the SoundMAX® icon to display the SoundMAX® Control Panel.
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... chip. 5.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Go to display the configuration options. 4. Select RAID from the options. 6. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. Connect a SATA power cable to the system or the motherboard user guide for a RAID configuration: 1. Select the item Onboard Serial-ATA BOOTROM, press , then select Enabled from the Configure SATA As item options, then press . 5. ASUS P5K3 Premium...
... chip. 5.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Go to display the configuration options. 4. Select RAID from the options. 6. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. Connect a SATA power cable to the system or the motherboard user guide for a RAID configuration: 1. Select the item Onboard Serial-ATA BOOTROM, press , then select Enabled from the Configure SATA As item options, then press . 5. ASUS P5K3 Premium...
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...ASUS P5K3 Premium 5-39 Advanced Onboard Device Configuration High Definition Audio Front Panel Type J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller Controller Mode Realtek GigaBit LAN LAN Boot ROM Marvell GigaBit LAN LAN Boot ROM Realtek Wireless LAN Agere Firewire 1394 Serial Port1 Address BIOS SETUP UTILITY [Enabled] [HD Audio] [Enabled] [RAID] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] Enable or Disable High Definition Audio Controller Select Screen Select Item +- Microsoft® Windows® OS installation disk (Windows® XP/Vista) 4. Motherboard support DVD...
...ASUS P5K3 Premium 5-39 Advanced Onboard Device Configuration High Definition Audio Front Panel Type J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller Controller Mode Realtek GigaBit LAN LAN Boot ROM Marvell GigaBit LAN LAN Boot ROM Realtek Wireless LAN Agere Firewire 1394 Serial Port1 Address BIOS SETUP UTILITY [Enabled] [HD Audio] [Enabled] [RAID] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] Enable or Disable High Definition Audio Controller Select Screen Select Item +- Microsoft® Windows® OS installation disk (Windows® XP/Vista) 4. Motherboard support DVD...
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... the main JMB363 RAID BIOS menu, highlight Revert HDD to non‑RAID using the up/down arrow key then press . [Main Menu] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to non-RAID: 1. A dialogue box appears to confirm; Press to confirm the action. When you install a broken RAID HDD, you still want to reset to select the HDD that has been previously configured as part of another platform is called a broken RAID HDD. Use the...
... the main JMB363 RAID BIOS menu, highlight Revert HDD to non‑RAID using the up/down arrow key then press . [Main Menu] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to non-RAID: 1. A dialogue box appears to confirm; Press to confirm the action. When you install a broken RAID HDD, you still want to reset to select the HDD that has been previously configured as part of another platform is called a broken RAID HDD. Use the...
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... GB Type/Status RAID Inside RAID Inside [RAID Disk Drive List] Model Name Members(HDDx) RDD0: JRAID RAID Level 1-Mirror Capacity Status XXX GB Rebuild 01 Rebuilding... 01%, please wait... PCI-to-SATA II/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v0.97 [Main Menu] [Hard Disk Drive List] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to begin rebuilding the Mirror configuration. Saving the settings and exiting setup When you to confirm the action. Press to the JMB RAID BIOS menu. 5-46 Chapter 5: Software support otherwise...
... GB Type/Status RAID Inside RAID Inside [RAID Disk Drive List] Model Name Members(HDDx) RDD0: JRAID RAID Level 1-Mirror Capacity Status XXX GB Rebuild 01 Rebuilding... 01%, please wait... PCI-to-SATA II/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v0.97 [Main Menu] [Hard Disk Drive List] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to begin rebuilding the Mirror configuration. Saving the settings and exiting setup When you to confirm the action. Press to the JMB RAID BIOS menu. 5-46 Chapter 5: Software support otherwise...
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... prompts you to press the key to install, make sure you select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH9R) and JMicron JMB363. 4. When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista: 1. To install the RAID driver in Windows XP: 1. During the OS...
... prompts you to press the key to install, make sure you select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH9R) and JMicron JMB363. 4. When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista: 1. To install the RAID driver in Windows XP: 1. During the OS...